/uŋa/


  • ideophone
  • variant:
  • dialects/origins: Karanga, Manyika, Zezuru
English translation
A black, granular, explosive substance, consisting of an intimate mechanical mixture of niter, charcoal, and sulphur. It is used in gunnery and blasting.
last updated: Monday, August 12, 2019 at 1:31:40 PM Central European Summer Time


/uŋa/


  • verb
  • dialects/origins: Karanga, Zezuru
English translation
To feel a kind of thrilling sensation, as in hearing a shrill sound.
Imperative example
Shona English
unga tingle (singular)
ungai tingle (plural)
Simple future tense example
Shona English
Ndicha unga I will tingle
ucha unga you will tingle (singular)
mucha unga you will tingle (plural)
acha unga he/she will tingle
ticha unga we will tingle
vacha unga they will tingle
chicha unga it will tingle
last updated: Monday, August 12, 2019 at 1:31:40 PM Central European Summer Time

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